UFO Encounter From 18th Century France

Date: June 12, 1790

Location: Alencon, Normandy, Hauts-de-France, France

At 5:00 a.m. several farmers caught sight of an enormous
globe which seemed surrounded with flames.

First they thought it was perhaps a balloon that had caught
fire, but the great velocity and the whistling sound which
came from that body caught their attention.

The globe slowed down, made some oscillations and
precipitated itself towards the top of a hill, unearthing
plants along the slope. The heat which emanated from it was
so intense that soon the grass and the small tree started
burning. The peasants succeeded in controlling the fire
which threatened to spread to the whole area.

In the evening this sphere was still warm and something
extraordinary happened, not to say an incredible thing. The
witnesses were two mayors, a doctor and three other
authorities who confirm my report, in addition to the
dozens of peasants who were present.